2003 São Paulo FC season

São Paulo
2003 season
Chairman Brazil Marcelo Portugal Gouvêa
Manager Brazil Oswaldo de Oliveira
(until 1 May)
Chile Roberto Rojas
Série A 3rd
Campeonato Paulista Runners-up
Copa do Brasil Quarter-finals
Copa Sudamericana Semi-finals
Top goalscorer League: Luís Fabiano (29)
All: Luís Fabiano (46)
Highest home attendance 71,732 ( v Corinthians in the Campeonato Paulista)
Lowest home attendance 3,471 ( v Gama in the Copa do Brasil)

The 2003 season was São Paulo's 74th season since club's existence. In this year São Paulo became a runner-up of Campeonato Paulista, being defeated by rival Corinthians in finals. At the Copa do Brasil, national cup, reached the quarterfinals falling in front of Goiás due Away goal rule with 0–0 (away); 1–1 (home). The club arrived in third place final in the first time when Série A was disputed in accumulated points system. In his first participation in Copa Sudamericana reached semifinals losing to Argentine club River Plate in penalty shootouts for 2–4 in a match that had fights and aggressions between players of both teams. The featured of year was the stricker Luís Fabiano which scored 46 goals in whole season, 29 only in league.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Brazil GK Rogério Ceni
Brazil GK Roger
Brazil DF Gabriel
Brazil DF Jean
Uruguay DF Diego Lugano
Brazil DF Fábio Santos
Brazil DF Gustavo Nery
Brazil DF Fabiano
Brazil DF Edcarlos
Brazil DF Júlio Santos
Brazil DF Leonardo Moura
Brazil DF Alexandre
No. Position Player
Brazil MF Carlos Alberto
Brazil MF Adriano
Brazil MF Fábio Simplício
Brazil MF Souza
Brazil MF Aílton
Brazil MF Ricardinho
Brazil MF Marco Antônio
Brazil FW Luís Fabiano
Brazil FW Diego Tardelli
Brazil FW Rico
Brazil FW Kléber
Brazil FW Thiago

Statistics

Scorers

Position Nation Playing position Name Campeonato Paulista Copa do Brasil Campeonato Brasileiro Copa Sudamericana Friendly match Total
1 Brazil FW Luís Fabiano 8 8 29 1 0 46
2 Brazil FW Diego Tardelli 0 0 9 3 1 13
= Brazil DF Gustavo Nery 4 0 3 2 4 13
3 Brazil MF Fábio Simplício 2 0 7 2 1 12
4 Brazil FW Kléber 1 1 3 5 0 10
5 Brazil FW Reinaldo 1 3 4 0 0 8
6 Brazil MF Kaká 5 0 2 0 0 7
7 Brazil MF Júlio Baptista 1 2 3 0 0 6
= Brazil FW Rico 0 0 4 2 0 6
8 Brazil MF Souza 0 0 3 2 0 5
9 Brazil DF Fabiano 1 2 1 0 0 4
= Brazil FW Itamar 4 0 0 0 0 4
10 Brazil DF Gabriel 0 1 2 0 0 3
= Brazil DF Jean 0 0 3 0 0 3
11 Brazil MF Carlos Alberto 0 0 2 0 0 2
= Uruguay DF Diego Lugano 0 0 1 1 0 2
= Brazil MF Ricardinho 0 0 1 0 1 2
= Brazil GK Rogério Ceni 0 0 2 0 0 2
12 Brazil MF Adriano 0 0 1 0 0 1
= Brazil MF Aílton 0 0 1 0 0 1
= Brazil FW Dill 0 0 0 0 1 1
= Chile MF Claudio Maldonado 1 0 0 0 0 1
= Brazil DF Leonardo Moura 1 0 0 0 0 1
= Brazil MF Marco Antônio 0 0 0 0 1 1
/ / / Own Goals 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 29 17 81 18 9 154

Managers performance

NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%
Oliveira, Oswaldo deOswaldo de Oliveira  Brazil 26 January 1 May 24 12 6 6 59 34 58%
Rojas, RobertoRoberto Rojas  Chile 4 May 14 December 52 28 13 11 95 65 62%

Overall

Games played 75 (11 Campeonato Paulista, 8 Copa do Brasil, 46 Campeonato Brasileiro, 8 Copa Sudamericana, 3 Friendly match)
Games won 40 (6 Campeonato Paulista, 4 Copa do Brasil, 22 Campeonato Brasileiro, 5 Copa Sudamericana, 2 Friendly match)
Games drawn 18 (2 Campeonato Paulista, 3 Copa do Brasil, 12 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2 Copa Sudamericana, 1 Friendly match)
Games lost 17 (3 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa do Brasil, 12 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Copa Sudamericana, 0 Friendly match)
Goals scored 153
Goals conceded 98
Goal difference +55
Best result 6–0 (H) v JuventusCampeonato Paulista – 2003.1.30
6–0 (H) v São Raimundo (AM)Copa do Brasil – 2003.3.13
Worst result 2–5 (A) v PaysanduCampeonato Brasileiro – 2003.4.27
Top scorer Luís Fabiano (46 goals)

Source: São Paulo FC

Friendlies

Official competitions

Campeonato Paulista

Record

Final Position Points Matches Wins Draws Losses Goals For Goals Away Win%
2nd 20 11 6 2 3 29 14 60%

Copa do Brasil

Main article: Copa do Brasil 2003

Record

Final Position Points Matches Wins Draws Losses Goals For Goals Away Win%
6th 15 8 4 3 1 17 6 62%

Campeonato Brasileiro

Record

Final Position Points Matches Wins Draws Losses Goals For Goals Away Win%
3rd 78 46 22 12 12 81 67 56%

Copa Sudamericana

Record

Final Position Points Matches Wins Draws Losses Goals For Goals Away Win%
3rd 19 8 6 1 1 18 7 79%

External links

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